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Uk2.net blacklists its own customers

It's been a frustrating week for users of uk2.net whose email messages were bounced after one of the hosting firm's domains was blacklisted for spamming.

A Web site hosted on one of uk2.net's servers is selling software which could be used by spammers. Result: a blacklisting of the site spamsites.org and its IP address by relays.osirusoft.com. uk2.net subscribes to the open relay list supplied by relays.osirusoft.com so from Wednesday this week it began automatically blocking email sent to many of its own legitimate users.

The issue has affected a substantial minority of uk2.net's small business and home users, and many have expressed their frustration and anger over the problem

News source: The Reg

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